Port Elizabeth - The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has announced dates for by-elections to take place, post Local Government Elections.
In a statement on Tuesday, the IEC said municipal ward by-elections would take place in six provinces, on Wednesday November 9.
The provinces include the Eastern, Western and the Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
A total of 15 wards will be contested covering 80 voting districts. There are 93 145 registered voters eligible to participate in the polls.
According to the IEC, by-elections will be held in Ward 4 (Walmer Township) in Nelson Mandela Bay, where a councillor candidate was killed, as well as Ward 14 following the resignation of a councillor.
Other by-elections in the Eastern Cape will be in Mbashe Municipality, Nkonkobe Municipality as well as at a ward in Port St Johns and in Mbizana.
In KwaZulu-Natal by-elections will be held in Umuziwabantu, Ladysmith and Newcastle all as a result of three councillor’s passing away.
Chief Albert Luthuli and Victor Khanye in Mpumalanga will have by-elections as a result of a resignation and death of a councillor.
Kgatelopele in the Northern Cape has also become vacant following the death of a councillor.
All voting stations in the affected wards will be open this weekend to allow voters the opportunity to verify and update their registration and address details.
African News Agency